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Chapter 336 I will plan again and again
"People of Ming Dynasty in Ningyuan City, soldiers of Ming Dynasty, listen carefully! The national traitor Yuan Chonghuan betrayed his country for glory, abandoned his country and family, betrayed the imperial court and took refuge as a slave, he deserves death! But the imperial court also knows that you were deceived by Yuan Chonghuan's dog thief , was used by him, not intentionally following him to cause rebellion, so as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, the imperial court will pardon all your crimes and will not be held accountable! Your family members will definitely not be implicated by you!"

"Ming people in Ningyuan City, officers and men, the Governor of the Seven Provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhang Haogu, has an order! Whoever gets the head of Yuan Chonghuan's dog thief, no matter the severity of the crime, will be pardoned! Another reward is a hundred taels of gold! A thousand taels of silver! Officials Generals and officials will be promoted to three ranks, and ordinary soldiers and common people will be granted a thousand households!"

"Brothers in Ningyuan City, don't use the dog thief Yuan Chonghuan as a shield, you will only die in vain! This time the Great Ming Northern Expedition, the commander is Zhang Haogu, Master Zhang, the one who swept the grassland with eight thousand troops. Master Zhang Haogu! You have no hope. Surrender to avoid death! Surrender to survive! Surrender is your only hope...!"

Similar cries echoed outside the three gates in the northwest and south of Ningyuan City. Hearing these slogans, although the Shanzong rebels on the Ningyuan City Wall were not moved, they were panicked and their morale was low—there was no way to suppress the rebellion. The psychological pressure created by the army on the Shanzong rebels was too great.Especially after the Ming army besieged the city on September [-]th, the Shanzong rebels didn't even dare to go out of the city gates. They could only block the four gates and hide on the strong city wall, watching the Ming army soldiers standing outside the city in horror. Showing off their might, running back and forth with tin horns, shouting slogans, and launching psychological offensives.Although the rebel generals such as Zu Dashou and He Kegang repeatedly suggested going out of the city to fight, they took the opportunity of Young Master Zhang to go north to Jinzhou to pick out the soft persimmons and win a few small victories against Sun Chuanting to boost morale, but what Yuan Chonghuan disliked the most in his life was field battles. He insisted on vetoing this proposal, just relying on the fortification of the city to guard against death. In fact, from a certain point of view, Yuan Chonghuan's move is also very correct. With the current morale and fighting spirit of the Shanzong rebels, once they go out of the city to fight in the field, the soldiers have a chance to escape. Maybe the crash will only get faster.

"Sovereign! Sovereign, urgent report from Juehua Island!" Sun Zhongshou staggered up to the main gate tower of Ningyuan West Gate, handed a small note brought by a carrier pigeon to Yuan Chonghuan, and said with a pale face: "This morning, the time is right, Tianjin Governor Bi Ziyan personally led the Manzi navy to attack Juehua Island with about 9000 people. Our navy failed to intercept the sea surface, and the fleet was forced to retreat to the dock of Juehua Island. Bi Ziyan continued to attack the dock , Now the battle is extremely fierce, Juehua Island defender Zhao Buqi can hardly reach the enemy with a small army, please ask our army to rescue!"

"Damn it! Rescue? Save his old lady! There are only eight sea ships in Ningyuan City, and they can only transport 200 troops at most. How can I save me?" Yuan Chonghuan smashed the tea bowl at his hand, and shouted with a livid face: "Tell Zhao Buqi that Juehua Island must be guarded at all costs! If you lose the island, tell him to come and see him!"

"Sovereign, Zhao Buqi only has less than [-] sailors in his hands, plus the island's defenders, there are at most [-] people. I'm afraid it's dangerous to rely on him alone to defend Juehua Island?" Zu Dashou He said worriedly: "Sun Chuanting's barbarians only surrounded Ningyuan City but did not fight, but sent heavy troops to attack Juehua Island. It is clear that they want to destroy our navy first, cut off our wings, eliminate hidden dangers from the side, and then calmly catch turtles. We If you don’t react and let Huadao fall by sight, I’m afraid that even the only way of retreat will be cut off in the future.”

"Of course I know this truth, but we have too few sea-going ships. This sea-ship troop transport was not enough to fill the teeth of the barbarians." Yuan Chonghuan said distressedly and regretfully: "If I had known that the navy would become If it is so important, the money that the barbarian court gave us to build ships should not be used for other purposes, at least twenty more ships can be added."

"Suzerain, it's useless to regret. The general thinks that we should go out of the city to fight." Zu Dashou kindly suggested: "Sun Chuanting's main force has gone to Juehua Island. Now the strength outside Ningyuan City has been weakened. Let's take this opportunity to go out of the city to fight in the field." , attacking the main camp of the barbarians can not only boost the morale of the army, but also force Sun Chuanting's fleet to return to the army for rescue, which is also the tactic of encircling Wei and saving Zhao that military strategists often say."

Zu Dashou's proposal is not very sure, because Ningyuan's army is now out of the city to fight in the field, and Sun Chuanting, who is determined to cut off the wings of the Shanzong rebel army first and then catch the turtle, is likely to fight desperately to buy time for the navy to attack Juehua Island, but it is not hopeless , At least you can take the opportunity to win a land battle to boost the morale of the defenders.However, after Yuan Chonghuan heard this correct suggestion, he just raised his binoculars to look at the Ming army camp ten miles away from the west gate of Ningyuan. If you go out of the city, you can't take advantage of it, so don't take any risks."

"Sovereign, a few days ago, the general said that while the enemy's camp was not stable, he took the initiative to attack and kill the enemy by surprise. You said that the enemy's vigor is in full swing, so don't move lightly." Deputy Commander He Kegang frowned and said: "Now the enemy has been besieging the city for half a month. , The spirit has lost, and you said that the enemy's fortifications have been completed and they can't take risks. How can we fight this battle? We can't just stay in Ningyuan City and wait for the thunder to kill the enemies outside the city, right?"

"You know what?!" Yuan Chonghuan blushed, and shouted: "What we need now is to preserve our strength, and then go out to pick peaches after the main force of Dajin cleans up Zhang Haogu's little mad dog! Now the barbarians have not formally attacked Ningyuan at all. City, take the initiative to go out of the city to fight in the field and wipe out the army, how will we fight in the future?"

"What about Juehua Island?" He Kegang, who was forced to rebel by Shanzong, retorted without fear, "Now the enemy is attacking Juehua Island, and it seems that they will be unable to defend it. Huadao is lost, the navy is lost, and we will really be the turtles in the urn! At that time, we will not even have the cover from the flanks!"

Yuan Chonghuan had nothing to say, but secretly scolded Sun Chuanting for being shameless, leaving Ningyuan City, which was high and deep, not to fight, and ran to fight his own navy first, cutting off his escape route.Just at this time, another messenger came running with a carrier pigeon and shouted from a distance: "My lord, the latest battle report from Juehua Island!" After opening it for a few glances, Yuan Chonghuan's black face grew longer than a donkey.Zu Dashou and others next to him still felt that the war on Hua Island was critical, so they hurriedly asked together: "Sovereign, how is it? Has the barbarian's army already attacked the island?"

"That's not true." Yuan Chonghuan said with a dark face: "This order was sent by Dajin. First send it to Juehua Island with carrier pigeons and then transfer it to Ningyuan—Dajin Khan ordered our Juehua Island Navy Go north to Jinzhou, rush to Donghai Fort to listen to it, and say that Da Khan and Lord Baylor are of great use, and it is also related to whether the main force of Dajin can defeat the main force of barbarians."

"Suzerain, I can't give it!" Sun Zhongshou was the first to yell, screaming like a pig: "Give the navy to Dajin, and we will be of no use to Dajin, let alone expect Dajin's army to rescue us Already!" The other Shanzong generals also echoed, opposing the handing over to Nuerhachi of the only life-saving capital that the Shanzong rebels beat the Jiannu army.Of course, Yuan Chonghuan was also reluctant, but after thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan finally gritted his teeth and said, "Send Zhao Buqi an order to give up Juehua Island and lead all the navy troops north to Jinzhou to join the Dajin army at Donghai Fort!"

"Sovereign, are you crazy?" Several Shanzong generals screamed.Yuan Chonghuan said in a deep voice: "I'm not crazy, and I have considered it very carefully. The tone of Da Khan and Lord Baylor is very strict this time, and they specifically mentioned that our navy will be related to the success or failure of the main battlefield. If we don't use water I am afraid that Da Khan and the others will abandon us completely. Also, now that the superior navy of Manzi is attacking Juehua Island, Zhao Buqi has no way to reach the enemy. Is there any way for us to directly rescue Juehua Island? Instead of letting the navy be wiped out on Juehua Island, it is better to dedicate it to Da Khan as a favor to prove our sincerity in surrendering. If we can really help Da Khan defeat the main force of Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, then we don't have to I'm worried that I won't be able to defend Ningyuan City."

Having made up his mind, Yuan Chonghuan immediately sent a letter to Zhao Buqi, the defender of Juehua Island, to break through the encirclement and go north to Donghai Fort. ——Zhao Buqi is really suffering. This time, he took the initiative to invite Ying to lead the navy to attack Juehua Island and cut off the wings of Shanzong. The Ming army leader is none other than Bi Zi, the governor of Tianjin whose younger brother was tortured to death by the Shanzong rebels. strict!In order to avenge his only younger brother, the good brother Bi Ziyan almost risked his life this time. He went into battle as a civil servant, and always stood at the front line to command the battle. Yan encourages, the Tianjin navy, whose combat effectiveness can only be regarded as second-rate at best, has also exploded with the combat effectiveness of a first-rate army. With the cover of the army's bows and arrows, I am afraid that the pier of Juehua Island has already been declared lost.So after receiving Yuan Chonghuan's order, Zhao Buqi, who had nowhere to go, didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately boarded the ship in the twilight night, leading the remaining more than 2000 sailors to break through the encirclement and head north. As for the remaining infantry on the island——Sorry, Zhao Uncle has no time to let you board the ship.The Tianjin navy took the opportunity to kill Juehua Island, and the remnants of the abandoned rebels on the island had no intention of resisting, and soon most of them knelt down and surrendered. After eating the meat sauce, the last stronghold outside the city of the Ningyuan rebels finally fell into the hands of the Ming army.

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Jiannu is so eager to get the sailors of the Shanzong rebels. The goal is of course the pile of grain that Young Master Zhang hoarded on Bijia Mountain. As for the tactic of using the Shanzong rebels to cut off the Ming army’s grain road, it is obvious that they have to wait until the Ming army is destroyed. It will be better to use the Bijiashan granary later - after all, the fighting power of the Shanzong rebels is really too sorry, and as long as there is still food in the Ming army's frontline granary, there is no need to worry about the grain road being cut off for ten days and a half months Of course, Nuerhachi and his son would not easily waste this crucial chess piece.So sorry, Yuan Chonghuan and his Shanzong rebels had to temporarily withdraw from the view of friends again. Let us turn our eyes and the screen back to the main battlefield of Jinzhou to see how the natural enemies Master Zhang and Nuerhachi are planning. Harm each other.

The scene turned back to the main battlefield in Jinzhou. Of course, it was necessary to mention the fact that Nuer Hachi and his son bought Zhang Shitou, the captain of the young master's personal army. Ha Chi and his son really made Zhang Shitou and Xiao Yu'er marry in the Jiannu camp, and Zhang Shitou officially became Huang Taiji's son-in-law. Shitou was playing tricks. In order to block Zhang Shitou's escape route, Nurhachi and his son not only asked Zhang Shitou to write a letter of loyalty, but also brought a few captured soldiers of the Ming army, and asked Zhang Shitou to submit a certificate.Facing the panic-stricken former companions, Zhang Shitou only hesitated for a moment, then quickly gritted his teeth and raised the dagger, piercing the hearts of the weeping companions one by one.

"Good kill!" Fan Wencheng applauded, and said to Zhang Shitou with a flattering smile: "Erfu, there is one more small thing I want to trouble you. A few days ago, someone in our Dajin army spread rumors that the barbarians had several troops." We have raided the hinterland of Liaodong from the sea, and we have not caught the person who spread the rumors, so I wonder if Efu can give some pointers?"

"It's Suo Nuomu's brother-in-law Togu!" Zhang Shitou said without hesitation: "After Suo Nuomu was captured by Zhang Haogu, in order to save his life, he betrayed his grandfather and father-in-law, and in front of Zhang Haogu and me He wrote a letter in his own hand, persuading his other wife’s elder brother, Togu, to surrender Zhang Haogu secretly. Also, there were a few people in the Xianglan Banner who betrayed his grandfather and father-in-law, but I don’t know exactly who. This list is in the hands of Song Xiance, and I haven't peeked at it before."

"Very good." Nuerhachi slapped the table overjoyed, and hurriedly asked again: "What about the Bijiashan granary? How many defenders are there? Who is the defender general?"

"It was Ma Shilong in the past, with about [-] troops." Zhang Shitou replied truthfully: "Later, Zhang Haogu listened to Song Xiance's suggestion and sent Zhao Shulun's slave-killing Ji cavalry team over to help defend and plan Change defenses from time to time."

"The slaughtering slave army also went to Bijia Mountain?" Nuerhachi and his son and Fan Wencheng looked at each other, thinking that it was dangerous. Fortunately, they had grasped the situation in advance. Not only is it less than a little bit cheaper, but it also has to suffer a big loss.Then Nuerhachi and his son and Fan Wencheng asked Zhang Shitou many questions about the secrets of the Ming army. Zhang Shitou answered them all truthfully. At last, Nuerhachi and his son were busy arranging manpower again, and quickly sent Zhang Shitou and his wife across Xiaolinghe, and let Zhang Shitou and his wife return to the Ming army camp to continue undercover.

After seeing off Zhang Shitou and his wife, Huang Taiji, who was already extremely excited, just returned to his dormitory and said to Nuerhachi: "Ama, you are in poor health, and you haven't slept all night. You should go to bed earlier, my child. Take it with you." Fan Wencheng go to discuss and formulate a plan on how to use this barbarian Zhang Shitou, and strive to kill this little barbarian Zhang Haogu in one battle!"

"I can't sleep." Nuerhachi lay back on the hospital bed, took a few puffs of opium cigarettes burned by the beautiful maid, and said in a shocking voice: "You are so stupid, we are about to be treated like an ancient savage!" How can I sleep if you are so excited to jump into his trap after playing tricks on you?"

"What?" Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng exclaimed in shock.Nuerhachi took another puff of opium cigarettes, exhaled the smoke circle and said slowly: "Zhang Shitou is a false surrender, Zhang Haogu deliberately sent him as a traitor, didn't you see it?"

"What?" Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng stood there completely dumbfounded, and after a while Huang Taiji asked: "Ama, how did you know that Zhang Shitou is a traitor? Since you have already found out that Zhang Shitou was sent by Zhang Haogu Why didn’t you kill him? Why didn’t you marry Xiao Yu’er to him?”

"It doesn't matter how you see it." Nuerhachi said with a smile: "The key is that from the very beginning, I knew that a loyal barbarian like Zhang Shitou would not betray Zhang Haogu. The reason why I decided to recruit Zhang Shitou was originally intended to give Zhang Hao the ancient barbarian a chance to rebel, let him do his tricks, and I will do my tricks again. As for why not kill Zhang Shitou, the little barbarian-what benefits can we gain by killing him? It's better to pretend to be on it His trick is to use him to put Zhang Haogu Manzi together, and use him to bring Xiao Yuer, who is determined to die with Zhang Haogu Manzi, back to the Barbarian barracks, so as to create a mobile phone for Xiao Yuer."

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After happily returning to the Ming army camp, Zhang Shitou first sent his new wife Xiao Yuer back to the sleeping tent, comforted Wen Cun with sweet words, and then rushed to the Chinese army camp to be on duty. , Song Xiance, and Shi Kefa immediately burst out laughing, and said together: "Congratulations, congratulations, a happy marriage for a hundred years, the case is equal, the birth of a precious child is early, and many children are blessed." Shi Kefa, who has been spoiled a lot, still smirked Then he added, "Brother Stone, have you consummated the house? If there is no chance to consummate the house, would you like me to lend you the bed tent? It will be quieter here."

"Master, Mr. Song, Mr. Shi, how do you know that old Jiannu will marry his granddaughter to me?" Zhang Shitou asked embarrassingly, scratching his head.Young Master Zhang laughed and replied: "Of course, the old Jiannu's tricks are just a few tricks back and forth. Last time he traded a granddaughter for a Guangning Dasheng. Nu married you. By the way, what is the identity of that female Jian Nu? What's her name?"

"Huang Taiji's goddaughter, what is her name, Borji, or something, it's too complicated to remember clearly." Zhang Shitou replied honestly, "It used to be a Mongol on the Horqin grassland. When you conquered Horqin in the north, young master, her family all died there." In the hands of our army, they hated us to the bottom of their hearts, and now they have changed their name to Xiao Yuer."

"Xiao Yu'er?" Young Master Zhang was taken aback, regretting that he was too generous - it was reasonable for such a well-known beauty to be wriggled under his crotch.Song Xiance asked again: "Shitou, the old Jiannu Nuerhachi is extremely cunning. He has suffered from his boss many times. He must be careful that you are a traitor sent by the boss. How did you convince him that you really surrendered?" ?”

"Old Jiannu pretended to kill me and put me on the execution platform." Zhang Shitou explained: "At that time I wanted to yell for surrender and offered to be a spy for Old Jiannu, but I also knew that Lao Jian The slave is treacherous and has suffered too much in the young master's hands, so he definitely won't believe my words. But I also know that Lao Jian Nuhua has put so much effort into arresting me, he will definitely not kill me casually, so I took a gamble, As soon as I got to the execution platform, I pretended to faint from fright, and the old Jiannu took me back as expected, and began to threaten and lure me, and I also took the opportunity to agree to be a spy."

"Old Jiannu is really powerful. If you use this trick to test it, if you change someone else, you will definitely show your secrets." Song Xiance sighed, and then smiled: "But it's okay, thanks to Xiao Shitou being recognized as the No. [-] in Linqing City A liar with rich experience, this is how he fooled the old Jiannu."

"Shitou, what else did the old Jiannu do to you? What did you ask?" Young Master Zhang ordered, "Speak out, the more detailed the better."

"Yes, let me think about it." Zhang Shitou agreed, sorted out his memories a little bit, and told what happened after he was arrested, and what Nuerhachi and his son asked him, and what he was How to answer, I said it in detail.At the end, Zhang Shitou lowered his head and said sadly: "Master, I'm sorry, the old Jiannu forced me to kill the prisoners of war to prove my sincerity. The slave-slaughter brothers who were captured..."

"Shitou, you don't have to blame yourself too much. You can't help it. I believe the master will forgive you." Song Xiance comforted him softly, then turned to Young Master Zhang and said, "Boss, the student thinks that this matter is almost over, we can proceed. One step..." Song Xiance couldn't continue after he said this, because Song Xiance suddenly discovered that Young Master Zhang's sickly face was still sunny just now, but now it's cloudy, and his delicate eyebrows are still twisted. The word 'Chuan' was added.Song Xiance couldn't help but hesitated, and asked, "Boss, you don't really blame Zhang Shitou, do you?"

"Of course I don't blame him." It took a while for Young Master Zhang to react, he shook his head, and some smiles appeared on his gloomy face, and he said with a smile: "Stone, you failed this scene, and it has already been given to you by the old Jiannu." See it through. But it doesn't matter, this way, the effect may be better."

"Did I fail? Where did I fail?" Zhang Shitou asked in surprise.Young Master Zhang smiled and replied: "It's true that Zuo Nuomu's brother-in-law Tuogu secretly joined us, and it doesn't matter much if he is sacrificed. The old Jiannu arrested him and tortured him. It is estimated that he will be recruited if he can't resist. A confession, to explain the secret contact between him and us. But you should not say that Zuo Nuomu wrote a letter to recruit Togu in front of you - Zuo Nuomu can't read, let alone write, try to Erhachi old Jiannu is his grandfather, how could he not know this? And he knows this, not only found out the flaw in your words, but also happily agreed with it, which proves that he has seen through your trick of surrender. "

"Then why didn't the old Jiannu speak out right away? Or why didn't he kill me right away?" Zhang Shitou, already in a cold sweat, exclaimed and asked.Young Master Zhang smiled and replied: "Old Jiannu wants to buy you, I let you do the trick, and when the old Jiannu finds out that I'm cheating, he just pays me back the trick! So the old Jiannu pretends to be fooled, and then uses you to give me a fake Information, he can take advantage of the opportunity. Because for him, killing you is like crushing an ant. Use the false antidote as the true antidote."

"Old man, you're so cunning!" Zhang Shitou cursed, and then hurriedly asked, "Master, what should we do now?"

"Simple." Young Master Zhang said with a smile: "Old Jiannu wants to plan again and again, so of course I have to pay him back!"

(End of this chapter)